Bob Vetrone Jr.

The Detroit Pistons come into the Wells Fargo Center Wednesday with the worst start (0-8) in their history. (They had started out 0-7 twice before this season: 1962-63 and 1980-81).

They are the 26th NBA team to start a season 0-8 (the 0-6 Wizards are working their way to being the 27th). Twenty of the previous 25 teams fell to 0-9, the most recent being the 2009-10 Nets, who dropped their first 18 games.

Here are how the Sixers and Pistons numbers compare:

SIXERS

PISTONS

Own

Opp.

Own

Opp.

Points/Game

89.7

90.7

91.3

101.5

FG Pct.

41.6%

43.8%

41.9%

46.0%

3FG Pct.

36.5%

36.2%

35.6%

35.2%

FT Pct.

79.4%

74.4%

73.5%

78.3%

Rebounds/Game

42.9

42.6

37.6

45.1

Off. Reb./Game

10.4

9.1

11.4

12.9

Assists/Game

20.0

22.1

21.5

20.3

Assists/FG

.586

.640

.632

.544

Steals/Game

8.9

8.1

6.6

8.9

Blocked Shots/Game

5.0

5.4

6.1

6.1

Turnovers/Game

15.4

16.9

15.0

15.6

Published: November 14, 2012 — 1:19 PM EST

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